Wearing Many Hats
Lisa Niemi was more than just Patrick Swayze’s wife and a dancer. She is also a writer and director. Niemi actually wrote, directed and starred alongside her husband in the 2003 film One Last Dance and this was even based on their play Without a Word. “It was basically based on our experiences as concert dancers in New York, and it affected people a lot,” Lisa told TV Guide back in 2005. “For a long time we didn’t know how to adapt it [to film]. Finally we realized that if you’re going to talk about the dance world and the heart and soul of a dancer, you really needed to have lived it. It was really important to us that this film [came across as] authentic. And at the same time, we tell an intimate story about healing a past hurt so that you can be as alive as you can.”
Wearing Many Hats
